The Alaska Reference Database originated as the standalone Alaska Fire Effects Reference Database, a ProCite reference database maintained by former BLM-Alaska Fire Service Fire Ecologist Randi Jandt. It was expanded under a Joint Fire Science Program grant for the FIREHouse project (The Northwest and Alaska Fire Research Clearinghouse). It is now maintained by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and FRAMES, and is hosted through the FRAMES Resource Catalog. The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Rappold
A recent study of simulated forecast-based interventions as a tool to reduce the health and economic burden during smoke episodes. The study illustrated a large health burden associated with these events and the potential benefit an adaptation of current forecasting technologies…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Fearon, Heffernan
A Southern Fire Exchange webinar conducted in partnership with the NWCG Smoke Committee, NC State University, the Desert Research Institute, the National Weather Service, and Montgomery Community College. The webinar features researcher Matthew Fearon of the Desert Research…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Stone
A discussion on revisions to US Wildfire Guide for Public Health Officials and solicitation for ideas for further revisions. The revised guide will include federal, state and local agencies and will reflect recent advances in scientific evidence and technologies. Important…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Garbe
Presentation discussing challenges in communication during smoke events. Dr. Garbe discussed the importance of local response, and experience, as well as keeping flexible messaging and keeping the message "new" across fire seasons.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
O'Neill
Presentation on recent advances in the estimation of visual range. The use of visual range as a public health communication tool raised interest by many in the group and stimulated a discussion. Visual range is a fairly inexpensive tool for communication of exposure and could be…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Larkin, O'Neill
Presentation outlining recent advances in the development of smoke modeling. This included a brief discussion of the effectiveness of different smoke model approaches and some examples from the 2014 wildfire season using BlueSky Framework.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Gilmour
Presentation on the background of the proposed research plan recently funded by a JFSP grant. His research is focused on determining the role of composition and particle size on the toxicity of wildfire emissions. Dr. Gilmour presented a state of the art system designed to…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Domitrovich
Presenting research showing that firefighters experience great variability in exposures to smoke depending on the type and duration of tasks performed and atmospheric conditions. The greatest exposures were associated with direct attack, line holding, and burnout activities.…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Cascio
An overview of the occupational, clinical and epidemiologic evidence of smoke related health effects. The presentation illustrates common biological pathways to adverse health outcomes possibly shared between smoke and other sources of air pollution and identified the areas of…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Lahm
Narrated presentation describing the Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program and its capabilities.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Olsen
A presentation recorded at the Restoring the West Conference 2015: Restoration and Fire in the Interior West.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rogers
The degree and manner in which different fires affect climate is a complete unknown, but is expected to vary substantially and may in fact represent a currently untapped climate mitigation service. In this webinar, Rogers will provide background on these issues, and describe his…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Describes the mission and methods of the US Forest Service's Air Resource Management Program. A six-part series that is also available in a single video.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Potter
Brian Potter, a research meteorologist with the USDA Forest Service, presented a webinar on February 26, 2015 regarding the state of science with respect to the airflow associated with fire convection plumes. This includes the concepts of plume dominated fires, adverse wind…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES